| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew's interview with an orphan flower girl and her sister:
"'We've always had good health. We can all read'. [Here the three somewhat insisted upon proving to me their proficiency in reading, and having procured a Roman Catholic book, the 'Garden of Heaven', they read very well." |
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| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1849 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | flower girl |
| Religion: | Catholic? |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Henry Mayhew, social investigator |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Garden of Heaven |
| Genre: | Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1260 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 135 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 1, p. 135, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1260, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Mayhew states that the girl was about 15 years of age |
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